Drug Ratings for TOPROL-XLAverage Rating: 2.5 (774 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TOPROL-XL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 2 | a-fib | Fitigue, bloating, tightness in chess from gas, not having an interest in the normal things I enjoy, light headedness or dizziness, self employed and I am experiencing a lack of motivation. | I wonder if this drug is effecting my mind and body this negatively what might be the long term effects? | M | 47 | 25 days | 7/13/2004 | 2 | a-fib | Fitigue, bloating, tightness in chess from gas, not having an interest in the normal things I enjoy, light headedness or dizziness, self employed and I am experiencing a lack of motivation. | I wonder if this drug is effecting my mind and body this negatively what might be the long term effects? I am taking 25mg at night, I am lowering it to half starting tonight. | M | 47 | 25 days | 7/13/2004 | 1 | Hypertension, fast heartbeat | (Major)Dizziness, shortness of breath, anxiety attacks | It worked ok for two years to control heartrate, recently been suffering dizzy spells and shortness of breath walking on level surfaces and 1 flight of stares. Cut dosage in half and took twice a day and now suffer debilitating panic attacks. Now on antidepressents till doc figures out what to do... | M | 41 | 2 years | 7/15/2004 | 4 | F | 38 | 3 months | 7/20/2004 | 5 | high blood prssure | no side effects | great-bp gone down and help the heart rate go up | F | 66 | 4 weeks | 7/21/2004 | 3 | Hypertension, Angina | Unexplained shortness of breath and rapid heartbeats | My B.P. is now in the | M | 51 | 8 months | 7/22/2004 | 3 | Hypertension, Angina | Unexplained shortness of breath and rapid heartbeats | Toprol XL, diet and excercise have lowered my B.P. to an acceptable range. The shortness of breath and rapid heartbeats may be caused by other factors not associated with Toprol XL as I take other drugs. I have started to take Temazapan again to help assist in sleeping as my legs ache mostly while I'm laying down. | M | 51 | 8 months | 7/23/2004 | 3 | F | 38 | 4 months | 7/26/2004 | 5 | hypertension | none whatsoever. | M | 43 | 1 years | 7/27/2004 | 1 | Hypertension/High pulse rate | Chest tightness fatigue aching arm muscles spaced out feeling. | My heart rate is down. Increased to 100mg but terrible side effects so back to 50mg and another drug for hypertension. Not happy with side effects so will be asking Dr. to try something else. Never felt like this in my life. | F | 51 | 6 months | 7/27/2004 | 4 | Hypertension | Forgetfullness; lowered libido | M | 32 | 3 months | 7/28/2004 | 1 | To control my palpitations | In addition to the palpitations I now have chest and heart pain. The palpitations are a little bit less severe, however, they now last up to 3/4 hour and throughout the day instead of 5 or 10 min once or twice per day. | My symptoms seem to be worse since starting to take it 1 week ago. My doctor put me on this drug before even fully knowing what my problem is. I am still being tested. How could I have fallen into this terrible trap? How can I get out of it w/o hurting myself? Any suggestions? Thank you. | F | 51 | 1 days | 7/28/2004 | 1 | To control my palpitations | In addition to the palpitations I now have chest and heart pain. The palpitations are a little bit less severe, however, they now last up to 3/4 hour and throughout the day instead of 5 or 10 min once or twice per day. | My symptoms seem to be worse since starting to take it 1 week ago. My doctor put me on this drug before even fully knowing what my problem is. I am still being tested. How could I have fallen into this terrible trap? How can I get out of it w/o hurting myself? Any suggestions? Thank you. | F | 51 | 1 days | 7/28/2004 | 4 | rapid heart beat, pvc's | low bp (90/55), dizziness, muscle fatigue, extreme tiredness, skipped heart beat, cold and numb hands and feet, nausea, some anxiety, angina, feel like I am walking around half asleep all the time, never fully alert. | Was on Atenolol but stopped working after 4 years. Switched to Toprol-XL 7 months ago. Keeps heart rate down most of the time but a LOT of side effects. Is making bp very low. Have tried other meds and none keep my heart rate down like Toprol-XL does. Have tried to come off it under doctor supervision but suffer very severe palpitations and irregular heart beat and am given Lopressor at ER and told I need to keep taking it. If anyone has had any luck with any other meds for keeping a high heart rate (200+) down, please contact me via e-mail. I am always willing to ask my cardiologist to perscribe something different with less side effects. | F | 27 | 7 months | 7/31/2004 | 1 | palpitations rapid heart beat | extreme muscle weakness,extreme brain fog,loss of appetite,no interestin anything,chest heaviness,leg cramps,fatique,full of aches and pains | F | 36 | 4 days | 7/31/2004 | 3 | PVC | Extreme fatique. I had trouble completing my jogging session after going on the medication. | It did stop my PVC's. | M | 44 | 7 days | 8/18/2004 | 4 | Supraventricular Tacycardia | forgetfullness and very tired all the time | After about a week most side affects have worn off and my heart rate has continued to stay low. Im finally starting to feel like myself again. | F | 22 | 2 weeks | 8/20/2004 | 1 | hypertension CABG | Inability to think. Tired all the time. Increasingly worse during the day. Completely wiped out motivation for work and being creative. I was at lowest dose - 25mg. Stopped and felt myself return to normal over 1-2 weeks; started again felt myself degenerate over 2-4 weeks .. to point of intolerance. Miserable drug! | M | 53 | 1 years | 8/25/2004 | 2 | hbp | memory loss and fatigue | M | 50 | 1 years | 8/30/2004 | 1 | Hypertension | Insomnia | I had severe insomnia on this drug. My doctor was surprised - said this drug shouldn't cause insomnia. Went off toprol to avalide. Insomnia went away. | M | 46 | 21 days | 9/7/2004 | 3 | hypertension | side effects (in decreasing order of severity) include: 1. fatigue - slight tiredness, especially when engaged in physical activities 2. dizziness when quickly raising or lowering my head 3. some noticeable short term memory loss 4. very slight weight gain I have also noticed distinct mood depression, which has not been a problem for me since I am for the most part a type A person and it just makes me a bit more mellow. I can see that if you are a low key person to begin with, the Toprol may put you into the lethargic category. | The Toprol XL has done a good job of bringing my blood pressure down into the acceptable range (most of the time.) The side effects, though are noticeable and undesirable. Although it does what it's supposed to do, with the dizziness and short term memory problems, I can't say I am more than somewhat satisified with it. | M | 46 | 5 months | 9/8/2004 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Was controlling my diastolic but not systolic so was given Avapro in addition. But Avapro has given me tremendous heartburn problems, such that I'm on prevacid (but am asking to change meds bec it seems idiotic). Toprol is an overall decent drug and I've tried many. | F | 48 | 5 years | 9/13/2004 | 2 | MILD hypertension | Mostly just very tired all the time | I found this website as the result of a Google search using fatigue + Toprol. I find lots of users here reporting fatigue. My BP has historically been normal, and just now (at age 60) increased to 130/90. Toprol brought it down to 120/77, but I'm wondering if it's worth it. My lifestyle has changed from active to sedentary. I was blaming it on age, but am wondering if it's the medication. I've also gained weight. I'm thinking that it might be better to try to control the hypertension another way... | M | 60 | 1 years | 9/14/2004 | 1 | HIGH BLOOD PREESURE | CONFUSION,REALLY BAD RINGING IN THE EARS.THE RINGING IN THE EARS WAS TERRIBLE. HAS ANYBODY HAD THAT? | M | 50 | | 9/14/2004 | 4 | Had a heart attack | I experienced loss of libido, tiredness, some memory loss and difficulty achieving and maintaining an erection. | I take 25 mg a day. | M | 56 | 3 years | 9/17/2004 | 3 | recurrent SVT | at first not many side effects noticed. i have a very active life style that leads me all over the place everyday. at first. i started noticing that my moods were not in the same pattern i had been used to. i figured pms, due to the fact that i had been on the drug for a few months already. then i started experiencing slight depression with clouded thinking. i used to space out and enjoy staring at the wall. then i experienced sleepless nights, i wak up about 6 times. frequent urination. loss in labido, now im getting leg cramps. i have a doctors appt this week, im going to talk to him about all of these symptoms. very discouraged because it seemed to have worked. | i also get dizzy spells, loss of concetration, muscle weekness, extreme fatigue to where i thought i needed some kind of anxiety meds or depression meds. memory loss. forgetfulness seriously, i think im losing my mind. | F | 32 | 11 months | 9/19/2004 | 3 | Hypertension | extreme fatigue, constipation, loss of interest in activities, intolerance to vigorous exercise, muscle weakness with burning during activity, hallucinatory nightmares, feels living in a fog, worsening of depression.(I've now been put on Zoloft) 25# weight gain in first eight months. I now am on a consdtant diet and the weight is very s-l-o-w-l-y coming off. | I am taking 900 mg per day per cardiologist's order, I can now consciously slow my pulse rate down to 44 /45 using simple relaxation techniques -I scared hell out of the hospital nursing staff during a recent stay. I want off this drug -ASAP my Libido is a nil level. I took a stress test last month and couldn't reach 120 for qa pulse rate after 25 mimutes on the tread mill. | M | 63 | 3 years | 9/20/2004 | 3 | Hypertension/Heartdisease | Memory loss,extreme fatigue, loss of creative drive, loss of interest in my favorite extra-curricular activities - fishing and hunting(intolerance to vigorous exercise, muscle weakness with burning during activity) hallucinatory nightmares, feels like I'm living in a fog, worsening of depression.(I've now been put on Zoloft) 25# weight gain in first eight months. I now am on a constant diet and the weight is very s-l-o-w-l-y coming off. | I am taking 300 mg per day, I can now consciously slow my pulse rate down to 44 /45 using simple relaxation techniques -I scared hell out of the hospital nursing staff during a recent stay. I want off this drug -ASAP my Libido is a nil level, I may have to change doctor's to get it to happen. I took a stress test last month and couldn't reach 120 for qa pulse rate after 25 mimutes on the tread mill. This drug is a producer of more trouble than it's worth. | M | 63 | 3 years | 9/20/2004 | 2 | HBP | Fatigue, lethargy, depression, weight gain, erectile dysfunction. | Started this after my HBP diagnosis almost two years ago at 50 mg/day. I was very responsive to this and HCTZ (diuretic) and my BP fell right into line where it should be. But after 9 months I was really depressed and gained 30 pounds! So I went to 25mg./day (halving the tabs). This was just as effective BP-wise and after about three weeks I felt 100% better, like a fog and weight had been lifted off of me. Then I got the diabetes diagnosis, which in a way is a blessing because I'm off beta-blockers and much more active and happy. Went to an ACE inhibitor, which had, it's own set of problems (Mavik). | M | 44 | 2 years | 9/20/2004 | 2 | ventricular tachycardia, pvc's | 15 pound weigh gain over 3 years, severe depression, anxiety loss of interest and low energy, feelings of hopelessness | At first it worked great to smooth out the pvc's. I feel that for some people this can be a very effective med. However, over time I felt that it greatly increased my levels of depression and anxiety. Also, no matter what I ate I continued to gain weight.After seeing an electrophysiologist last month he recommended that I stop the Toprol. He diagnosed me with idiopathic ventricular tachycardia. My chiropractor told me before I started Toprol that he felt I was producing to much adrenaline and guess what? That is exactly what the electrophysiologist thought as well. He felt that my particular condition was not life threatening and that I only needed the meds if my symptoms became bothersome. I feel that other issues need to be addressed in patients that have this kind of condition besides just what is happening with the heart itself. I feel that mine is related to the way I react to stress. I would recommend to anyone that is on this medication that they pay attention to changes that they experience MENTALLY as well as physically. I found out, after I started taking it, that Toprol can increase your chances of experiencing depression. It is also a good idea to make someone close to you aware of this because I did not realize how dramatic this was when it was happening to me. I would recommend that you wean yourself off of this and not stop abruptly which is what I am in the process of doing. Also, don't stop taking meds without advice from a cardiologist as some of these arrythmias are life threatening even though mine turned out not to be. I was taking 50mg and am down to 12.5. Like I said, this did work in the beginning and not everyone has the same reaction to medication. It's important to do your own research and pay attention to what your body is telling you! Good Luck! | F | 36 | 3 years | 9/20/2004 | 3 | PAC | not many...stomach discomfort | not bad | F | 22 | 3 months | 9/21/2004 | 4 | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | I take 200 mg with these positive effects: BP down, heartrate down, much less arrhythmia, and rarely hear and feel my heart pounding now. On the negative side: I am much more tired and sleepy and often fall asleep in the middle of words, have gained and have trouble losing weight, have more chest pain but am not sure Toprol is to blame, have muscle cramps and legs fall asleep more often, energy and ability to push to get things done is lower (but I suspect that this last is one of the desired results even though it is not desirable from my perspective) | F | 57 | 1.5 years | 9/23/2004 | 1 | wpw, high blood pressure | Fatigue, insomnia (bad combo - tired and can't sleep) depression, panic attacks, loss of libido | Lowered my BP - but the cure is not worth the side affects. I am getting off the drug now to see if I feel better. | M | 20 | 3 months | 9/23/2004 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Gas, loose stools, high anxiety, depression | not a good drug for me | M | 36 | 6 weeks | 9/24/2004 | 1 | tachacardia | EXTREME fatigue & absolute apathy | Have terminated this medication | M | 50 | 90 days | 10/3/2004 | 3 | hypertension | Early on, I just felt like I was in a fog. After having been on it for a year, I feel tired all the time, sleep terribly (waking up as tired as when I went down), forgetfulness, irritability, confusion and depression. | It did work at lowering my slightly elevated blood pressure, but I can't handle the side effects anymore. | M | 37 | 1 years | 10/6/2004 | 2 | hypertension | tiredness | doesn't work 150mg !does beer have an effect on this cause i drink atleast 2 times a week 8-10 beers easily | M | 38 | 4 months | 10/6/2004 | 1 | hypotension, rapid heart rate | For the past 3 months I have thought I was losing my mind, just this past week I had a MRI to rule out a brain tumor or ms(still waiting on results). I can't put into words how bad I have been feeling. I feel like I have lost control of my mind. Short term memory loss, fatigue, like I am not participating in ife at all anymore. Numb hands, cold hands that turn white and blue. Most recently I have been very depressed and sit around a cry most of the time. I am getting married in 3 weeks and I am not even excited about it. If this is the medication causing this... I want off of it now. How do you get off of this medication? Any comments would be greatly appreciated. | F | 31 | 1 years | 10/10/2004 | 2 | Hypertension | Heart palpitations | Toprol brought down my BP but resulted in irratating heart palpitations so I stopped taking it. It worked fine for the first 8 hours each day then followed with palpitations. It was almost like the time release didn't work and I went though a mini-withdrawal every day. Getting off wasn't easy...a couple days of intense palpitations. Been off for a week now and feel great. Unfortunately my BP is back up. Need to get my heart checked out and try something else...maybe ACE inhibitor next. | M | 48 | 6 weeks | 10/11/2004 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | I did not care for this drug two doses were enough for me I went to the ER because I thought it was the other new b/p medicine. I was told this drug is known for side effects. Please use your judgement as in your doctor. This drug is not for me? Felt tired,shaky,in a fog, anxiety. TY | Not for me!!!!!!!!! | F | 47 | 2 days | 10/11/2004 | 4 | AFIB once, off and on PVC's & PAC's | When I first started on 50mg, it took a good week to feeling myself again. Side effects were feeling slow, tiredness, tense feeling in the chest. | at 50mg this medicine worked great after I got use to it, no problem exercising at all, no problem with energy. My doctor just upped me to 100mg and having all those symptoms again, guess I have to wait a week for it to kick in again. The toprol does take away alot of palps, until they broke through and he had to put me on a higher dose of 100mg | F | 32 | 8 months | 10/17/2004 | 4 | HBP | Exhaustion, muscle weakness, difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep - | F | 54 | 2 years | 10/19/2004 | 2 | Hypertension | Severe chest tightness and pain, sleeplessness, to the point of insomnia, woke up all night long. Shortness of breath. A feeling I can't relax or breath deeply. Anxiety? | My BP was 160/90 so my dr. prescribed Toprol-XL 25 mg. at my insistence. I was afraid after my relatively healthy 54 yr. old boss died of a massive coronary last week. No one is sure why, but he had high-blood pressure and had recently changed meds to Altace. These symptoms I'm experiencing aren't worth the cure it seems, and after reading the other side effects that can occur here I'm not taking this medication anymore. Think I'll commit to lowering my BP naturally (diet, exercise, meditation, supplements) and see how it works. Very troublesome side effects if you ask me, especially for something that is supposed to be one of the | F | 41 | 1 days | 10/19/2004 | 4 | HBP and Tachycardia | Weight Gain and Tired | F | 38 | 12 months | 10/28/2004 | 2 | Hypertension | Palpitations | If you have a low resting heart rate (eg below 60) be very careful. My rate is around 50 and Toprol increased palpitations. When I tried to get off I had a palpitation frenzy. Moving to Diovan. | M | 48 | 5 weeks | 10/28/2004 | 3 | hb | chest tight slow heart rate not sure i need this stuff | M | 51 | | 11/2/2004 | 3 | afib and high bp | I can' say for sure the Toprol has caused these but it sure seems it. I started having migraines and pressure on both sides of my head that is unbearable. I have had to go on a migraine medication and it is not helping. I also have lost my sense of taste. Addtitionally I feel like I am in a foghalf the time. My blood pressure is never consistent it has been staying down in 98/65 range ( on dose of 25/2x) but goes as high as 160 over 120. NO rhyme or reason to it. I too have gained weight and i have no patience with anyone. I teach so it is hard to do. | On 50x2 i was fainting so they cut it in half. It was then I lost my taste...maybe cutting the pills was ot a good idea??? | F | 52 | 5 months | 11/8/2004 | 3 | afib and high bp | I can' say for sure the Toprol has caused these but it sure seems it. I started having migraines and pressure on both sides of my head that is unbearable. I have had to go on a migraine medication and it is not helping. I also have lost my sense of taste. Addtitionally I feel like I am in a foghalf the time. My blood pressure is never consistent it has been staying down in 98/65 range ( on dose of 25/2x) but goes as high as 160 over 120. NO rhyme or reason to it. I too have gained weight and i have no patience with anyone. I teach so it is hard to do. | On 50x2 i was fainting so they cut it in half. It was then I lost my taste...maybe cutting the pills was ot a good idea??? | F | 52 | 5 months | 11/8/2004 | 1 | high blood pressure | tired all the time, no libido at all, depressed, bright light hurts my eyes, muscle aches all the time.... | I am coming off this medicine slowly and will not be taking it anymore. | M | 49 | 3 years | 11/11/2004 | 2 | Hypertension, tachacardia, pvc's | I have felt very tired, fatigued and loss of interest in family activities I used to enjoy. I have trouble sleeping at night and find myself trying to sleep alot during the day. I still have tach spells quit often and my blood pressure hasn't subsided. I also take lasix with it, but have gained about 30 ounds in one year. I don't want to take this drug anymore. | F | 35 | 2 years | 11/15/2004 | 4 | heart attack | I am not aware of any side effect. | F | 72 | 1 years | 11/16/2004 | 3 | blood pressure and stress | dryness | M | 40 | 2 days | 11/17/2004 | 1 | hypertension | Tightness and pain in chest. Thought it was a heart attack and ended up in the hospital for tests which found no problems. | M | 59 | 2 days | 11/17/2004 | 3 | Hypertension | Forgetfulness;lack of mental clarity;fatigue | It has brought down my B/P but my thinking is so foggy. Forget everything.Also,dull headache. Wonder if its worth it! | F | 49 | 6 months | 11/18/2004 | 5 | high pressure/tachycardia/anxiety | so far few side effects, heart rate feels back to normal and pressure is going down, had a terrible experience with tachycardia and with even 1 pill of toprol I felt much better | F | 41 | | 11/20/2004 | 3 | high blood pressure | My blood pressure is lower using 200 mg per day, but at that level I am experiencing erectile dysfunction. 100 mg did not cause the same side effects and did not lower my bp. | M | 2 months | 11/22/2004 | 1 | Hypertension | itching and rash, tachycardia, chest pain and tightness, depression, tiredness, some confusion | Taking 50mg once a day | M | 59 | 3 weeks | 11/24/2004 | 1 | Rapid pulse rate | muscle pain particularly in lower extremities; weakness and fatigue; gastric issues, mood swings and depression. | I have an appointment Monday w/doctor to ask to be taken off Toprol XL; it is interfering with my quality of life; I'm trying to decorate for Christmas but can't due to exhaustion and the pain in my legs. I've taken pain reliever but it has not helped so I am in constant pain. | F | 52 | 3 weeks | 11/27/2004 | 4 | Heart attack | Tired, lack of energy, dizzy, numbness in fingers and hands, cold feet and hands. Most overwhelming symptom is a complete lack of interest in most anything and near zero energy level. | M | 65 | 14 months | 11/28/2004 | 3 | blood pressure, rapid heartbeat | sleepiness, weight gain (10 lbs. so far), loss of libido immediately, nightsweats, exascerbated hot flashes, lower leg uneasiness, and loss of pep. | The drug did an excellent job of lowering my blood pressure and my heartrate while doing cardio was much improved. | F | 53 | 2 months | 11/28/2004 |